{"id":799354,"date":"2026-07-13T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799354\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:42:09","slug":"new-lego-stores-opening-in-toronto-mississauga-and-markham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799354\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lego stores opening in Toronto, Mississauga and Markham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ultimate creative toy store is opening not one, but three new locations at malls in Ontario, including one in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>LEGO is set to launch at the Toronto Eaton Centre, and will also be opening soon at CF Markville in Markham, as well as\u00a0Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/stores\/events\/lbr-26-store-celebrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the company<\/a>, all three locations are \u201ccoming soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuild your imagination with LEGO. Explore limitless possibilities with Lego sets, figures, blocks, technic, and mindstorm,\u201d states the <a href=\"https:\/\/shops.cadillacfairview.com\/property\/cf-toronto-eaton-centre\/news-events\/n\/whats-new-at-cf-toronto-eaton-centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eaton Centre\u2019s opening announcement<\/a>. \u201cToys that inspire creativity and STEM learning for kids of all ages. Find sets from your children\u2019s favourite movie, television, video game, book franchises and more!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto store will mark its first downtown location.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until the new locations open, shoppers looking for LEGO stores can check out their other locations at:<\/p>\n<p>CF Fairview Mall, 1800 Sheppard Ave. E.,Yorkdale Shopping Centre, 1 Yorkdale Rd.CF Sherway Gardens, 25 Sherway Dr.<\/p>\n<p>Besides their local locations, there are more than 200 LEGO stores worldwide, according to the company.\u00a0And while no job openings are listed for the new stores yet, LEGO is hiring retail store team members for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-ca\/careers\/job\/retail-store-team-leader-part-time-fairview-mall-north-york-8031151eb1861000ee894ba6c9470000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fairview Mall location<\/a>, with the\u00a0starting salary for the position at $25.15.<\/p>\n<p>The name \u2018LEGO\u2019 is an abbreviation of the two Danish words \u201cleg godt,\u201d which translates to \u201cplay well,\u201d states the company.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1932 by\u00a0Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the LEGO Group has since been passed from generation to generation, and it is still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ultimate creative toy store is opening not one, but three new locations at malls in Ontario, including&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":["post-799354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mississauga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}